The Week Past...

This past week it was T. S. Bill...it made landfall around Port O'Connor Texas - about 100 miles north and east of home [Corpus Christi]. Anyway, the night before Bill came in off the Gulf waters, the sky, at dusk, was stunning! Looking toward the storm front moving in I snapped some photos just as the sun was beginning to set...

...say hello, Bill!!

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The morning Bill made his way inland, Bud and I went to the beach to see what the Gulf looked like. Of course we knew that the main beach access roads were closed to traffic, but we also know where we can go to park at a close proximity to the beach on North Padre Island. [so many confuse NORTH Padre Island to South Padre Island...]we are not close to the tourist resort island town...ours is local, and a lot more real estate that is still uninhabited!! Unlike South Padre Island that's nearly 170 miles from our beaches.

A few others were checking out the storm~A 'sea heart bean' found!
The National Padre Island Seashore Turtle Patrol...finding a washed up nest...collecting eggs with the large John Deer to move to the special facility that will incubate the abandoned/damaged nestlings of the endangered, nearly extinct Kemp Ridley Sea Turtles, to release after hatching [hopefully successfully]. *as seen here in my post ~ Large ocean swell against the Jetty!
Ocean Spray
Ocean Spray ~ Laughing Seagulls foraging the seaweed from T. S. Bill

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At first I really missed my cheeseburgers....no longer is it always in the back of my mind. Dining out, I've found out the hard way, can be dangerous to your health. LOL Recently, I tried a homemade pizza recipe found in my Good Housekeeping magazine...and both Bud and I agree it's delicious and so very satisfying!!!

This is a zucchini deep dish pizza.

Here are the ingredients:

One whole wheat pizza bread dough [I bought mine at the local grocery store in the frozen food aisle]

Thinly sliced zucchini [skin on]

Shiitake mushrooms [cleaned and sliced thinly]

Low fat mozzarella cheese

Grated Parmesan Cheese

Diced, Fresh, green bell pepper

Diced, Fresh, red bell pepper

1/2 jar of marinara sauce [or pizza sauce]

note: recipe called for salt and olive oil to mix with raw veggies...I eliminated these two ingredients. In my opinion there is enough oil and salt in the processed sauce already!!

Tho, this is all the ingredients the pizza called for in the recipe, and it DID have amounts of each ingredient, I never measure, so it was made to taste for our preferences... I also added thinly sliced onion AND thinly sliced, fresh, calamari tomatoes on top of the mozzarella cheese.

Place deep dish pizza into a HOT oven [450-475 degrees preheated].
Bake at high heat for 25 to 30 minutes [ovens vary...as does altitude], until outer crust is nicely browned...a deep browning is preferred by the two of us.
Take pizza out of oven, allow it to set for a few minutes...slice in quarters and serve with fruit and tossed salad.

One quarter pizza is serving size.
depending on your amount of ingredients, anywhere from 400 calories per quarter pizza.
18 grams of fat if olive oil is used
13 grams of protein
55 grams of carbs
sodium - anywhere from 500-750 mg, depending on what you add, or eliminate
4 grams of fiber
700 mg of sodium [depending on if you add salt, etc.]all nutrition values listing is estimated only!!!

It was a fabulous dinner pizza, and not difficult to prepare at all!! It's even better reheated as a leftover!!

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I found a new 'gizzy-witch' on my new camera, called "Bird Watching". Oh my...after yesterday and 200 photos on the camera card, I was wishing I hadn't found it! rofl. You see, I went a bit berserk on this mode. It takes five continuous photos of the subject you're aiming/focusing on. And if you take 40 stands, times 5...that's 200 photos on your card to view. My goodness. I will make sure I don't use that TOO often.

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I'm wondering....just how many MORE will announce they're on the ballot for the presidential seat?

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We were inundated with a heavy rainfall yesterday morning. Driving home from the island, and we couldn't see the front of our car. And having to contend with Texas-mania [the drivers who think that their SUVs won't crash at ANY speed, rain or shine] was scary. But once home, dry again, in the garage, we had a visitor---

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Hello Anni, your cloud captures are beautiful! And the waves crashing are an awesome sight to see. I hope the turtles survive. Looking forward to seeing some more of your 200 bird photos. Have a happy weekend!

Gosh the storm sure made for some dramatic photos didn't it!! The sunsets are very beautiful. I have a similar mode on my camera, you can very quickly end up with lots of pictures, but if you are trying to capture something that is moving it is great! Thank you so much for joining in. I hope that you have a great weekend! xx

Oh, WOW! I do love your stormy weather shots, too!! So dramatic and awesome, Anni!!! And, of course, the sunsets are incredible as always! Your posts are always a great way to start my day!! Hope you have a beautiful weekend!!

we have many of those visitors in our garage and even one in the house that so far we have not been able to catch. i love your wave photos... so beautiful... looks like Bill dumped his water on Texas and headed North to Chicago... and all points in between.. the sky is always stunning before and after a storm...

Bud usually sweeps 'em outdoors if they decide to come in. I found one in our clothes dryer once. After scaring me, I picked up the clothes and dropped 'em outdoors...rewashed 'em and the lizard was freed. lol

Hi Anni ...boy Bill has packed a punch that Texas did not need. I bet you saw some pretty shells after the storm. One thing about aging is change...good for you finding a new love in your new pizza recipe.Hugs and Happy Father's day to BudMadi and cecilia

Lot's going on, Anni! So glad you guys are safe. Bill was a bit of a non-event for us here north of SA, although we have gotten some rain, but not all what was predicted. Your images are great! Sea heart bean? I will have to google that one! Hope the turtles fare well and your little friend looks like he's shedding some skin - neat! Glad you're finding new, healthy foods to enjoy. Have a great weekend!

The clouds look like they are on fire. I don't watch the news at all so didn't know anything about a tropical storm. Never heard of a sea heart bean. Hope the turtles will hatch and thrive. We've got geckos all over the place right now. There are eggs right outside my kitchen window but don't think they are going to hatch though I've seen some other babies running around out there. Have a great weekend. Tammy

You are so right...STUNNING skies! Sorry about the Tropical Storm... I was wondering how well the areas of Texas had been faring through it all. I am glad they are removing the turtle eggs to protect them. Sounds like an interesting recipe! And my camera is supposed to take several photos like that but I've never tried to use the feature. I should though. I know there's stuff I miss by waiting between shots like my camera does. Nice post!

Wowser... My stormy skies were nothing compared to yours! Oh my. I hope that is the closest call you have this season. (Also hope we don't get any here , even tho well be gone soon.). I'd love to still have a cottage when we come back to Florida next season! LOL. It was most interesting seeing how they save the turtle nests ... Good to know about. Thanks for hosting the birding meme over at your other spot!

I can't tell you how much I enjoyed your post from many different angles. The photos are great.I've been making a similar zucchini dish for several years and am looking forward to this year's crop.And . . . If my camera does something similar. Maybe I better not check into it ;).

...you should come to our area....it's pretty in such a beautiful, non-inhabitated area for the most part. Altho, it IS building up some. Luckily, we have the National Seashore which is Federal Land and no building up here!! Good.

We got the remnants of TS Bill up here in Oklahoma. Lots of floods and such. When I lived in Victoria I used to drive down to North Padre. It was very open and one could drive on the beach. Lots of fun. South Padre is fun also, but of a completely different kind.

Amazing. I live in England, almost as far inland as it is possible to be, and this is one of the reasons I love Blogland: the window into other parts of the world where the terrain, the climate, the fauna is so different. Thanks, Anni. x

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